What is the CASL Board of Directors? Who is CASL Chairman of the Board, Vincent Mangelli?

            The CASL Board is comprised of 12 voting board members. The Executive Committee has the chairman, the vice chairman, the secretary and the treasurer. The other eight spots include playing divisions and geographic areas that CASL covers. The playing division board members represent recreation, challenge, boys classic and girls classic divisions. The geographic areas are Raleigh, Cary/Apex/Morrisville, Garner and Wake Forest. The Immediate Past Chairman also can and does sit in on the various meetings.

            The CASL Board is an oversight group that approves initiatives of the CASL staff. The board approves large expenditures, large contracts and the yearly budget. The board is a conduit for CASL members to provide feedback and ideas for the betterment of the club. The Board has between 4-6 yearly meetings and the Executive Board has additional meetings, as well. The CASL CEO attends all of the Board’s meetings and other members of the CASL Management Team attend, as needed.

            The board members are as follows:

Chairman-Vincent Mangelli

Vice Chair- J. B. Kelly

Secretary- Brian Reid

Treasurer- Chris Tikvart

Recreation- Kevin Johnston

Challenge- John Alis

Classic Girls- Lee Evans

Classic Boys- Peter Williams

Raleigh-Ron Frederick

Cary/Apex/Morrisville- Susan Boop

Garner- Karen Hancock

Wake Forest- Mark Francher

Immediate Past Chairman- Bill Barnett

           

The CASL Board will change on August 1^st. The new board members were approved February 15^th at the CASL Annual General Meeting held at the Marriott Crabtree.

            Throughout the writing of this blog, members of the board will be introduced, beginning today with the Chairman, Vincent Mangelli.

Who is CASL Chairman of the Board, Vincent Mangelli?

            Vincent Mangelli is entering his second three-year term as Chairman of the CASL Board of Directors. “Vinny” took over the position from Bill Barnett when his three year term expired in 2008. He has been around CASL for 12 years as both his sons played in the organization and Vinny has been an assistant coach, head coach, referee, chairman of the challenge division and now chair of the Board.

            Vincent keeps volunteering for the club because of “the pride in our soccer club, the sense of community in our playing customers and their parents and the feeling of family amongst the CASL staff-despite the size of our club, there remains a personal touch and a one to one relationship.”

            His most enjoyable part of being in his position is “without question, it is the many friendships that I have developed with staff and players/parents over the years!” The most challenging part for Vinny is “the education of those who have grown up with limited exposure to the “beautiful game”; getting buy-in that Slagle’s “Remember it is Just a Game” is more than a catch phrase-especially when it comes to youth players and youth referees.”

            Vincent’s influences came from the two gentlemen that preceded him as the Challenge Director, Mark Sherman and Steve Beaulieu. They provided the foundation for his broadened role in the organization.

            Vinny grew up in Brooklyn, NY and has a real job with Kuehne-Nagel here is Raleigh.

            Vinny does a great job in this position due to his passion for children and the knowledge of how youth sports can positively affect the child’s life for years to come. He also is a tireless worker that will talk to anyone about the game and organization. He has a great grasp of how a youth sports organization should be run.